Aankondiging DS:SP de 16e?

Roy 12-01-2006 10:30

Officieel is er nog niets aangekondigd over een Nintendo DS redesign, maar volgens de laatste geruchten gaat Nintendo dat de 16e doen. Zelfs online webwinkel Lik-Sang zou dit gehoord hebben van bepaalde contacten:

Late last year Reggie Fils-Aime, chief marketing manager for Nintendo said how they've been looking into re-designing the DS ever since its launch, and last month Japan's Famitsu magazine teased us all saying they knew a current Nintendo console is getting a revision soon, but wouldn't say which one. All signs however are pointing to an NDS: SP, and here at Lik Sang too we have received word a couple of days ago from a Japanese contact stating Nintendo will have a formal announcement of the re-design on Jan 16th. Stay tuned to Lik-Sang.com to see if this turns out to be genius or bogus! Meanwhile rumors on Spong.com suggest it'll be a square clam-shell design, inspired by cell phones and allowing you to make free VoIP calls from any wireless hot spot.

Iwata zou tegen Spong zelf het volgende gezegd hebben: Hardware developers at Nintendo are always looking for what comes next and what will be the new direction as soon as they finish the design of any particular piece of hardware. Some of them are actually working on improved functionality of the existing machine, with some working on a rework of the exterior design exactly in the same way they did with the transition from Game Boy Advance to Game Boy Advance SP.

Zolang Nintendo echter niets officieels heeft laten weten moeten we alles met een korrel zout nemen natuurlijk, hou echter 16 januari vrij...